Maximize the amount of floor space which can be covered with a fixed tile (Hoffman 1998, p. 173).
Tiling Problem
See also
Bin-Packing Problem, Cookie-Cutter ProblemExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Hoffman, P. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth. New York: Hyperion, 1998.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Tiling ProblemCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Tiling Problem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TilingProblem.html